Swiss on defensive

Another World Cup game saw another clean sheet for miserly Switzerland and coach Koebi Kuhn could not have been happier after his side's 2-0 win over 2002 semi-finalists South Korea earned them a place in the knockout stages.

Another World Cup game saw another clean sheet for miserly Switzerland and coach Koebi Kuhn could not have been happier after his side's 2-0 win over 2002 semi-finalists South Korea earned them a place in the knockout stages.

A goal in each half from Philippe Senderos and Alexander Frei maintained Switzerland's unbeaten run at the tournament and saw them finish on top of Group G ahead of 1998 world champions France.

But while the goals have started to come for Kuhn's team, the defence remained unbeaten for the third straight game, meaning Switzerland are now the only team in Germany yet to concede a goal.

'There were a couple of dangerous situations where we were lucky,' said Kuhn after the Swiss booked a second-round tie with Ukraine.

'But in all the games so far we didn't just do a good job up front but at the back too.

'No goals have been scored against us and I would like to congratulate our defence for their great performance.'